Show news review of current events the world over congress opens and president delivers ers his message at a night session neutrality and bonus are due for speedy action by EDWARD W PICKARD western newspaper un on CONGRESS began a session that 4 gives promise of being not short and calm as administration leaders had predicted but long and lively right at the start president roosevelt caused tie tl e republic cans to howl loudly by 08 dec deciding idin to del ver his annual message on the state of the union before a joint night session of congress so it could be broad cast at q time when the maxim im tin number of american Ame citizens president d ent could be reside their roos roosevelt e velt radios tl TI Is s I 1 lequir ed a it special rule in the ho bo ise for without it that body can meet I 1 it once a day and thi th minority leaders it a ie no con Bid sid erable objection but chairman dietch h r of ile it e republican national corn com attee was so aroused by mr air I 1 0 se alts plan that lie he demanded equal time on ta tie e national radio chains for a cepul I 1 can reply mr fledel er was sarcastic in tit his corn com ments saying the pres dent 8 9 dec u s 0 i to drama aize his mes message sae and to bring down to the level of a political speech his constitutional bigit t and duty to ad dress the congress on the state of the union is understand ble ible in the light of past performances senator D cl inson of iowa denounce I 1 what he called an attempt to use con gress as the so sounding board for a grand stand play by the president but senator boral said he had no ob ejection to the plan and no criticism to offer anyhow the I 1 resident went alleah with his program and in his message gave his alev of the nations present cond tion naturally holding that the new deal was mas proving a success T TWO WO major issues that call for quid quiet consideration by congress are neutral ty and the veterans bonus TJ tie e existing neutrality la lav v eppli expires es on ou february 29 and tl it e I 1 resident and hl tila advisers have determined tl ti at a ne tie i law shall be passed which will give him bicad ds discretionary d bovel s with regard to sl st 11 i ments loans ind and credits to belligerents there is in congress a it stron strong fer r up headed by sei set acors dark clark of missouri of michigan an and nye of north cihota and I 1 representative maury Alae of texas tl at demands eten extension slon a 0 the present mandatory neutrality law presumably the new measure will b a compromise speedy passage of bonus payment legislation Is expected for its pro patients are determined and vig rous officials of tie tl e american I 1 pa e n vet erans of foreign IN ars aid disable I 1 american Ame let veterans erans have just a agreed leej on a bill which will include tl ese pro visions immediate full cash payment of the adjusted service certificates refund of interest paid on loans on certificates cancellation of interest accrued an aej unpaid provision tl ti at veterans who do no desire to cash their certificates may dra v interest upon the maturity value thereof less principal of loan if any to be paid thereon from a date to be specified for issuance of government obligations in lieu of ad austed service certificates to tie value of about a half a billion dollars now held as security by the united states life insurance reserves account tl TI e veterans dorgai izat lons ions esti estl mated tl ti air united proposal woul aou I 1 entail a cash expenditure of rather thin the 2 generally accepted as the cost of payment PAT HARRISON of mis ails sis sippi chairman of the senate finance committee conin attee on bis his arrival in basl ington for the opening of con gress gave out tl ti e welcome statement tha no new general tax would be pu hed bed through 4 during tl Is session se slon said t e I 1 don t look for it and I 1 don t think it Is in the realm of poss adoption of a man excise tax was also out ac cording to harrison sen se harrison son ile pictured an unusually short ses blon sion of congress with ith appropriation bills and amen imenes to existing leg isolation Islat lon the principal business to be handled in the senators opinion a compromise on the bonus always politically us its would be reached and a presidential veto would be av i led tied I harris larris n reiterated tented rei his opposition to the tom townsend old age pension plan and bald said it wo mo id make no progress nt at the new cession dinv lousa members agreed with nil nai r son as to taxes it wo ilan t be goo I 1 i ol 01 lev to piss p ss si ch ell me is res tl ti is session f r there will voll be elect s in 43 roi oi nil 1 d I in 10 19 R 0 I 1 I 1 mil to I 1 a end criel nt at tie I 1 IP lp e and find its legislative pro gram offered to congress the league he said was leidy to tat tale e over the legislative and judicial functions of the national government and ml I t be magnanimous enough to take tale over oner the exec executive uthe branch as N well vell the sena tor called the league a lobby and de scribed its statements as plutocratic propaganda EW tax ien heues les of more tl ti an N NEW a year went into effect on new lears ears day these being tl it e result of debated tax rates pissed passed at the last session of congress the heaviest Is from the unemployment nent ent Ing insurance urance and old age i ens ons ong act u hichi is expect ed to raise about in taxes on industrial pay rolls ott er new taxes inci inel ide raising of lual ret inq jo aa corporation tax boost G ft tax increase bojok Oj OK intel corporate tax levy I 1 ev sion slon of the personal hold non ng comply and corporate I 1 qui gul tat lation ta tax provis ons of the tax program will in crease the country s tax b 11 the treasury department his male ma ie no es dimate of such income WHAT HAT kiy be expect el I 1 from el mer A benson the new farmer laborite senator from U nn sota Is indicated in a radio speech he be made in cl beag on his way to the national cap capt tal tat lie ile declared he bel eved that capital ism Is do raed and urged a I 1 t ich tell larger measure mei f public p ind and pro for use rather than for profit pi out I 1 am on vinced I 1 ebald tint that noti ng short of soc al at own sen sell benson erst ap p of ley y indus tries can save us imse ich tell as it has been demonstrated that we can pro duce enough for all if our productive plant is used wisely soc ety ru to tile take over that plant and our finine al at tern tem a as well and operate them in the interests of all the people lecause he cause big business d tin tely ref ses to do so mr benson wl a has been serving as state b inking coan was ap pointed by gov I 1 lod d B I 1 to corn com the term of the late senator b schall he ile will serve until december Dec emter er 31 1946 1936 he ile has been a I 1 armer I 1 ibor abor te since the b rth of that pirty p airty and before tl it at w g active ln in tl it e bonpart san lea leaa A in wll enoca it r I 1 C HOYT hag resigned fa F as federal alcohol adit ini and his te has bee i accepted by the I 1 reb u dent w tit tl e I 1 is s lal tat ex pres s of M 1 hoyt cited 1 s po r I 1 e bilth alth ind oti all er p rea sons to explain his bib act on but bill in his letter to air 1 ro se sevelt elt he pi finly in dictated that I 1 ie e ms d with tl e I 1 q bior control setup ito 1 AT MADGE wife M of the go governor bernor of georgia has joined alfred E bm th in deel ning an invitation imitation to the white H use mrs roosevelt ed I 1 er to be I 1 pr guest the n rf ef jan iary 8 the day be tore fore a meeting of the democratic na dional committee in NN washing n gov arnor talmadge a hot appon opponent v tit of the new deal was to attend ta tie e meeting but his its wife told mrs airs roosevelt poosevelt that I 1 er cotton plantation in telfair county demanded her attention I 1 have to get my farm skirted on the 1 36 crops explained mrs airs tal tat n md ad e to tl it e reporters report ei eis s I 1 the he first few weeks of tl e year ear at aie e a busy t me N PW 1 FRS speak scornfully f the ires dentral poll conducted by tie tt e literary D gest but everyone Is eager to see ml blat at it reveals lie ile latest rett rt s sho v a still further decline in nev deal popularity out of a total of 1 30 votes received an answered sered negatively the question do you now approve tl ti e acts and pol teles of the roosevelt new deal to date I 1 this his br ul ui t the negative per to the new high fig ire of CO 60 47 per cent 11 1 I I 1 e last pieced ng percent ae wis was 68 58 il 51 ricken of the thirteen southern states coi cot linuel sol adly new deal only clorida and oklahoma voted aga ast it the twelve in idle western farm st tes tea continued balloting b more than 3 to 2 against the administration ahe rocky Aloun afountain tain states with the s agle except on of utah contrib buted substantial maj majorie orites es against the new deal as did four of tl it e six new ew I 1 aland stites states wl ich tell were voting 3 to 1 against roosevelt Ts persons nine of them pas senders eners perished when the im tin pertal airways liner city of khartoum im crashed in the mediterranean off alex andria r fript the only survivor was pilot vernon G wilson who was taken from the water in a critical con among the victims was wag one american james 0 luke of phila dephia an oil engineer on his way from london to basra iraq the city of khartoum which had accommodations for 15 passengers and four n emt ers of the crew had been retired from service recently but was recalled recil led to replace a flying boat which burned in tte tle harbor of brindisi BrIndl sL F roll 1 his field headquarters in desse emperor halle selassie sent to the league of nations a vigorous protest against the war methods of the invading italians the emperor charged specifically that italian flyers in lalling explosives on the southern army of his son in law pis pas desta demou near dolo used poison gas and destroyed a swedish red cross am balance laden with sick and wounded A special meeting of the swedish fed red cross was mas held in stockholm to take tale action in tl ti is matter the italian government in rome as sorted the ner al at bombardment was i fully justified by the alleged behead i ing of two italian aviators by the ethiopians after the flyers hid bid crashed at da daggan all bur in ogaden the corn com u e also said it was mas well rell known that ethiopian chieftains take shelter under red cross signs when they see italian airplanes fierce fighting was going on along the corti ein front in ethiopia in addis ababa it was claimed that one of the emperor emperors s armies had scored a decided victory but there was evi dence that others of his units had suf reverses PATCHES from addis ababa maid said reliable sources there d s aused closed tie tl e terms on which I 1 emperor halle selassie had authorized his delegation at geleva geneva to d escuss peace ahey were mere thus stated withdrawal of italian troops from a recognition of the african emp re s sovereignty payment of in by italy delimitation of east african bound iries irles between ethiopia and the italian colonies by a league of nations comm comin atee and fore agn economic adm and finan cial aid and advice for ethiopia only on the condition there would be no italian influence that all america Is DECLARING menaced with violence by the com communists tie tl e uruguay in govern ment severed relations NN with ith the go govern ern ment of soviet russia minister alex ander and his staff were hand band ed their passports and the uruguayan charge daf d aff alres faires was recalled from moscow the decree signed by prest dent gabriel terra and all members of the cabinet asserted that Alonte montevideo video was the headd barters of communists who were mere plotting uprisings in all south america countries and quoted the brazilian Bray ilian charges that the abor tive rebell on there in november was instigated by tl it e soviet government and that the montevideo Alonte video legation was its intermediary dr jose espalter uruguayan tor for eign in nister said we have proof that montevideo was the center of a gigantic soviet oviet plot and that mini in was or a revolution in uruguay for next february or march uruguay is the only south american nation that reco recognized nihed the soviet bus rus sian government waiting for a ruling by athe WITHOUT the supreme court on the valid ity of the tennessee tennesee valley authority act senator norris of nebraska fa ther of that and much other advanced leg isolation islat lon ins I 1 as prepared E a bill for a pi V alley nalley authority along the same lines 0 as the TVA but tin 4 4 densely greater in scope he ile intends to i 4 introduce the measure soon in congress it A would deml em race rice more tl an half of con continent tinen sen norris a tat united states stites in eluding all the vast plain between the allega en ell es and the western continent con tinen tal tat d nde aide and from near the canadian border to the delta of the miss aliss I 1 only the tennessee valley would be omitted from the ilan aan norris said it was an expansion of his former plan for a missouri valley authority flood control would be its chief goal he d but it also would direct the development of navi gation irrigation hydroelectric power soil cormer conservation and reforestation I 1 like ike TVA it would he be managed by a three man directorate the cost Is not stated congress would vote funds from year to year as the work pro grossed gressed among recent deaths noteworthy N are those of I 1 ie it en ell 11 II inter liggett hero of four wars and leader of the american first army array in france where he was second in commard to general pershing ana harry B sm th well known and pro light opera I 1 brett st who wrote tbt h Is 1 and lyrics for robin hood and many oti er productions C GENERAL J R mccarl issued an order that blocke I 1 the plans of tl e federal sur pill plus I 1 s lommo I 1 ty corporation to buy surplus farm prod ets for rel ef d tion he ile held ta at ta tie e ad in could not use the 30 per cent of gross customs receipts set aside for the AAA to buy farm 1 I products to be given rk 1 1 to relief clients in a letter 1 e tt e to secretary wallace mccarl said relief legislation and I 1 relevant statutes pro J R mccarl vided another way to handle such purchases it was believed mccarl s ru ing would not affect AAA plans for pur chases for diversion purposes and not for relief d an offer has been made for or purchases of surplus potatoes from f the 1935 crop to D w dl tit averted into industrial channels channel S of said however they did not ex hect growers to take advantage of this offer because of recently advanced prices for potatoes |